Different Psychological Perspectives Assignment

CHEYENNE PHILLIPS
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This is a case study about Allan who is 45 years old who suffers depression.
In this case study we are going to describe the treatments of mental illness
from different psychological perspectives. We are going to evaluate the
treatments for mental illness from different perspectives and finally, we are
going to apply different psychological perspectives to the treatment of
mental illness.
Depression is a well-known mental disorder, and the effects can cause an
individual to feel despondent, lose interest in activities, having a feeling of
low self-esteem, lack of sleep and appetite, lack of concentration. According
to the office for national statistics, “In 2014 19.7% of the youth community in
the United Kingdom from the age of 16 and over show signs of depression.
“In 2013, an increase of 1.5% was greater in female 22.5% than males
16.8%” (Ian Macrory, 2016). Most people think that depression is not a
genuine health problem and is not important. According to the official
statistics, “depression is one of the major components of suicide, it is
approximated that 6,213 has taken place in the United Kingdom in 2017.
With the correct treatment and care, many individuals can recover and move
on with their lives.
As per the cognitive approach towards mental health, it is believed that
depression arises from the individual having a negative view of the world,
also referred to as negative construction. It is also believed that such
mindset usually stems from childhood. This may depend on many variables,
such as dismissal or support from peers and thoughts of self-worth. Such
variables may arise again in current situations for a person when a situation
mimics some previous experience of when the construct was learned. Aaron
Beck pointed out that individuals get depressed due to three factors. These
mappings include- self- worth, where the person feels like they do not fit in
at all, and feel insufficient. Another similar such factor would is related to
self-esteem. Here, the individual considers that that all of his personal
encounters are not up to the mark or complete disappointments. Finally, it
includes future where the individual believes that their future is uncertain
and will not amount to anything. When these factors take up place in the
negative cognition, it is very likely that the individual will get discouraged.
Apart from that, such negative cognitions can alter a person’s priorities and
considerations. According to Aaron Beck, this discourages the person and
reaffirms what they believe in the situation. Such disappointment to
consideration can be signified as faulty data processing. The major feature of
a discouraged intellect is disappointment in data preparation. One such

example would be that a depressed individual would show pickiness while
showing considerations in gathering data. This represents the negative
desire of the individual. On the other hand, the approach by Ellis differed for
that of Beck in terms of clarifying discouragement. This stated that good
mental wellbeing is a consequence of judicious consideration which allows
the person to be happy and content. Alternatively, torment is the direct
result of unreasonable considerations (StudyMode, 2013).
An ABC three organize was arranged to showcase that unhappiness was a
direct result of nonsensical considerations. A signifies the occasion, while B
stands for the individual beliefs of the person and their assessment of the
ongoing occasion which can either be stable or nonsensical. The results are
the final factor, where it is believed that rational and levelheaded convictions
lead to desirable results while irrational conviction may result in undesired or
negative results. The major feature of quality of cognitive approach is its
application in the management, especially in depression. Cognitive thoughts
have been adopted to come up with successful interventions for depression.
Some examples of this may include rational emotive behavior therapy, as
well as cognitive treatment. These interventions allow the person to identify
and cope with negative thoughts and emotions, and even alter them to some
extent. These approaches have high success rate and have helped many
individuals get a hold on their life by explaining their negative thoughts and
feelings. One disadvantage of the therapy is that it does not elucidate on the
origin of the negative thoughts and that affects the correlation of the
cognition. Hence it is harder to understand whether the negative cognition
resulted in the depression or the other way around. Apart from that, factors
such as genes and neurotransmitters are capable of causing depression
(tutor2u,n.d.).
The biological approach stands on the principle that there is a common
reason for depression. According to the first hypothesis, many people are
inclined to face depression due to their hereditary factors. This proposes 5-
HTT quality was altered. The 5-HTT quality is important for the secretion of
serotonin. Several studies conducted on family, twins and adoption have
shown that this can be helpful for the hereditary portion within the
progression of depression. Gershon stated that if an individual suffers from
depression, their offspring is twice or thrice more likely to suffer from the
same. In a twin study conducted by Wegner, he observed that if the
biological parents suffer from depression but not the adoptive parents, the
child is around eight times more prone to suffering from depression
(StudyMode, 2013).
This suggests that depression is more likely based on hereditary factors
rather than that of natural variables. A clear limitation of the twin and the